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or 4000 tons annually, are imported from Smyrna, Con- 

 stantinople, and the Greek Islands; it is used in making 

 blocks for wood-engravings, rollers for calico-printing, 

 various toys, and articles of turnery. It is imported in 

 pieces about four feet in length, and rarely exceeding ten 

 inches in diameter, perfectly round, and of a yellowish- 

 white colour ; it is a very hard close-grained wood, and is 

 admirably adapted for the engraver and turner. 



Oeange. Citrus Aurantium (Nat. Ord. Aurantiacece) . — 

 A yellowish-white wood, with fine close grain, used for in- 

 laying and turnery. 



Walnut. Juglans regia (Nat. Ord. Juglandaced). — A 

 hard handsome wood, of a dark colour, beautifully feathered, 

 the colours being a sort of umber and yellow. It is 

 largely imported from Eussia and Germany, and from 

 North America, for making ornamental furniture. 



Olive-wood. Oka Europcea (Nat. Ord. Oleacece). — k 

 fine close-grained wood, usually yellowish, but often beauti- 

 fully feathered ; it is much used in small ornamental work 

 for furniture. 



Asiatic Woods. 



Moulmein Teak, Ceylon Teak, Tuavancore Teak, 

 and East Indian Teak, probably all from Tectona grandis 



